Indonesia’s impressive victories against Vietnam team in the 2023 Asian Cup and round The second qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup has made them highly appreciated by experts. In March, coach Shin Tae Yong’s team also became the strongest advancing team in the world, rising 8 places on the FIFA rankings, climbing to 1st place. 134 in the world.
Newspaper 163 (China) evaluates that Indonesia has surpassed Thailand and Vietnam to become the new king of football Southeast Asia at this time. A Chinese newspaper has an article: “The Chinese team has a formidable new opponent! Indonesia has risen from a weak team to the second group in Asia.
In the article, the author emphasized: “In everyone’s old impression, Indonesia was just a weak team. However, they easily defeated the team Vietnam’s team in three consecutive matches. Indonesia has almost entered the third qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup.
While the two teams ranked lower in the group (Vietnam and the Philippines) ) basically has no chance to continue. Vietnamese football has gone through a period of great progress and is a challenger to the top teams in Asia. Why did they lose so easily to Indonesia?< /p>
The key lies in Indonesia’s naturalization strategy. They rose from a low-ranked team to group two in Asia. In the past, the Van Dao football team was not even ranked in the top three on the continent.
They can only bully weak teams like Laos, Myanmar… and Occasionally, the Vietnamese and Thai teams were able to draw, but both struggled. But Indonesian football has really risen. Not Thailand or Vietnam, Indonesia is the king of Southeast Asian football.”
Newspaper 163 is concerned that the Chinese team will be in the same group as Indonesia in the third qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup. They wrote further: “Indonesia’s three consecutive victories against the Vietnamese team are no coincidence. In their 3-0 victory at My Dinh Stadium, there were up to 6 naturalized players.
Most of them come from high-quality tournaments such as the Dutch-Belgian National Championship or the Belgian Premier League. 2 Italy. These players coordinate well, making the Vietnamese team unable to resist.
If the Chinese team enters the third qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup, they are likely to be in the same group as Indonesia. . It is certainly not easy for the Chinese team to defeat this opponent. They even have to mentally prepare for a loss.
The Indonesian team not only has a large number of naturalized citizens, but they are all young stars in their 20s with very high quality. . Many people believe that the Van Dao football team has not yet developed its full strength. If the players fit together, Indonesia will be extremely strong.
Obviously, if you compare the quality of the Chinese team’s naturalized players, it cannot be equal to Indonesia’s.
>In June, Indonesia will have two matches against Iraq and the Philippines. They only need to win 3 points and automatically rank above the Vietnamese team and win tickets to continue.
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